whoa

The "fried" is a bit redundant 

i just talked to the guys in the band and they said that the Max Payne 3 soundtrack is coming out on vinyl later this year, they’re just waiting on Rockstar to get things finalized.

I've got a mate who is the same, I was talking to him about White Silence and how awesome it was and he said "I loved Cave In" then I played him Serpents and his face was priceless so you're not alone. I mean you're WRONG but you're not alone.
 

My Vinyl Survived the Great Mercury Spill of 2019™️
 
But it didn’t survive scratch-gate 2019.  However, other than a few minor pops & static, it sounds pretty good.  Already got the same offer from DW tho so it’s all good.  But I used a gift card too.  So we’ll see what happens.

Mad respect to Isa!  So cool & perfect to come in & clear the air & in such a level headed manner.  Just makes the band even better in my eyes.  Bummer it went down the way it did for you guys.

Thank you! I really appreciate the concern and you and your wife looking out for us  
A definite lessons learned - sound checks 4 LIFE! No matter what! x

Hi there,
this is Isa - Slow Crush's singer. Firstly, I want to apologize for yesterday's show.
Lack of sleep had taken it's toll last night and we let it get the better of us. For that, we are truly sorry. 
We were the only band who didn't have the liberty to sound check, which is crucial for us. Due to this, the balance on stage was far from ideal but we tried our best to battle through.
On top of that, Jelle's bridge turned chainsaw on us, gradually ripping his strings throughout each song making them unravel and impossible to keep in tune. 
Vocal volume is always a challenge, especially without a sound check but that is also part and parcel with our music - vocals as an additional instrument layer rather than sitting way on top of everything.
To get things straight, all Jelle said after you informed me about the vocals being too quiet was "çava, Isa?" which translates to "you ok, Isa?" to which I confirmed that I was. That was all that was said. Nothing more, nothing less.
Again, we're really sorry to you and everyone at the show in Oakland last night to have caught us on that downer and promise to make it up to you next time.
Isa 

@lexicondevil
Bummer that your experience with Slow Crush wasn't cool! From my experience (shared the stage with them twice here in Europe) they are some of the most cheerful and friendly people you could ask for on a show! When we played their hometown in Belgium Isa's (the singer's) mom even cooked food for everyone. But I guess everyone has a bad day (or bad stage sound, for that matter) once in a while.
I also can't imagine he really said "fuck him!" - are you sure about that? Remember that they will most likely speak Belgian among each other, and while I'm not familiar with that language I can think of some instances where one could simply mishear something, especially in the dense/loud environment that is a music venue.
Glad you still had a good evening!

I wanna point out that @Die Laughingis almost 40 years old. That is all. 

just chiming in here to say that - without questioning the integrity of your source - this would be really stupid from an economic point of view. If the label notices a series of defects from the plant it will most likely insist on getting replacements before any financial risk is taken. The approach you describe shifts ALL of the financial risk onto Holy Roar without any necessity whatsoever - it just doesn't seem plausible that they would do that.  The only consequence of getting replacements would be that the release/shipment has to be pushed back a bit - while that is never cool for any party, what company would risk thousands of dollars just to avoid that?

I just got my package in. It is, in fact, Metal Gear Solid and Sonic 3. MGS has a Black Sabbath cover, black vinyl. StH3 has a Thriller cover on marbled blue vinyl. You may now return to your regular programming.

lol, all the math-y bands just happened to need / want their albums out at the same time. trust me, when i was lining up everything i was like "ohhhhhhhhh boyyyy what are we doing???" lolol

I’m looking at my MoV represses just now and they have Parlophone on them so not sure the reason for lack or repress of the remote part. They are doing an instore near me next month, I might go along and ask them about it. See if there are any plans to repress their other albums.

For me it's Self Titled > Self Titled > Self Titled 

The heavy stock inners and nongatefold jacket survived without nasty seem splits. Whew!

paul/mansun's social channels just posted a short clip showing the various variants. looks like the colored variants are translucent. look very nice but i think with the green i would prefer the opaque. i'm so excited this is finally in my hands in a week or so.

tour with Slow Crush starts soon. Jealous of you people

I finally got hold of them. The guy in charge had been off sick and apologised for their lack of contact but did not blame his being off sick for it. They refunded me my money and a few days later sent me the record anyway. Happy ending for me and seemingly a blip for them.

I mean tour tour merch is usually marked up stupidly. The band and their crew need a cut, the label wants a cut, and the venue wants a cut. I remember growin’ up t-shirts at shows were usually $20-25. Now it’s like $30-40.

[PO] Sleeve: Cracking /500 (FFO The Splits, Quadra Dogear, post-wreck, etc.)

Did anyone read the thread title and think that a band named Sleeve was releasing an album called Cracking?

Hot take: the Acts dip hard after Act III.  The back half have their moments but let’s be real for a second.  Also gonna’ pretend Migration just never happened.

For anyone interested. Q Magazine are doing a limited cover with Foals on that includes a Flexi disc of the demo “I’m Done With The World”
 
https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/q-print-single-issues/eqqqespi/q-may-2019-exclusive